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aorta

See also: Aorta, aortā, and aortą

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

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aorta (plural aortas or aortae)

  1. (anatomy) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
  2. (figuratively) The liveliest part of something.
    • 2007 January 26, Stefan Kanfer, “In Lower Manhattan, the Echo of the Yiddish Stage Endures”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      Tracing their battles, I had many occasions to walk along Second Avenue, the aorta of the Lower East Side, exploring places that were once as vibrant and tumultuous as Midtown Manhattan.

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Asturian

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

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aorta f (plural aortes)

  1. (anatomy) aorta

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

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aorta f (plural aortes)

  1. (anatomy) aorta
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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin aorta.

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  • IPA(key): /ˌaːˈɔr.taː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: aor‧ta

Noun

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aorta f (plural aorta's)

  1. aorta

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Galician

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

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aorta f (plural aortas)

  1. (anatomy) aorta
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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch aorta, from Latin aorta, from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈaɔrta]
  • Hyphenation: aor‧ta

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aorta (first-person possessive aortaku, second-person possessive aortamu, third-person possessive aortanya)

  1. (anatomy) aorta: the great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
    Hypernym: arteri

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Interlingua

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Noun

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aorta (plural aortas)

  1. aorta
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Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

Noun

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aorta m (genitive singular aorta, nominative plural aortaí)

  1. (anatomy) aorta

Declension

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Declension of aorta

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aorta aortaí
Vocative a aorta a aortaí
Genitive aorta aortaí
Dative aorta aortaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-aorta na haortaí
Genitive an aorta na n-aortaí
Dative leis an aorta

don aorta

leis na haortaí

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aorta n-aorta haorta t-aorta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

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  • IPA(key): /aˈɔr.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrta
  • Hyphenation: a‧òr‧ta

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aorta f (plural aorte)

  1. (anatomy) aorta

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”). Medieval Latin; compare the Classical borrowing of the same as averta.

 
Partēs aortae

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Noun

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aorta f (genitive aortae); first declension

  1. aorta

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aorta aortae
Genitive aortae aortārum
Dative aortae aortīs
Accusative aortam aortās
Ablative aortā aortīs
Vocative aorta aortae

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Latvian

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Aorta

Etymology

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Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

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aorta f (4th declension)

  1. (anatomy) aorta (the main artery of the circulatory system, responsible for carrying the blood from the heart to the rest of the body except the lungs)
    lielais asinsriņķošanas loks sākas ar aortu ― the great blood circulation cycle begins with the aorta
    lielie asinsvadi: aorta un plaušu artērija ― the major blood vessels: the aorta and the pulmonary artery

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Declension of aorta (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) aorta aortas
accusative (akuzatīvs) aortu aortas
genitive (ģenitīvs) aortas aortu
dative (datīvs) aortai aortām
instrumental (instrumentālis) aortu aortām
locative (lokatīvs) aortā aortās
vocative (vokatīvs) aorta aortas

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

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aorta f

  1. (anatomy) aorta
    Synonym: tętnica główna
  2. (literary) aorta (the main area of transportation in a city)

Declension

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Declension of aorta
singular plural
nominative aorta aorty
genitive aorty aort
dative aorcie aortom
accusative aortę aorty
instrumental aortą aortami
locative aorcie aortach
vocative aorto aorty

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Further reading

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  • aorta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • aorta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

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aorta f (plural aortas)

  1. (anatomy) aorta (great artery)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

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  • IPA(key): /ǎoːrta/
  • Hyphenation: a‧or‧ta

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àōrta f (Cyrillic spelling а̀о̄рта)

  1. (anatomy) aorta
    Antonym: vena

Declension

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Declension of aorta
singular plural
nominative àōrta aorte
genitive aorte àorātā / àōrtī / àōrtā
dative aorti aortama
accusative aortu aorte
vocative aorto aorte
locative aorti aortama
instrumental aortom aortama

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

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Noun

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aorta f (plural aortas)

  1. (anatomy) aorta

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English aorta.

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aorta (n class, plural aorta)

  1. (anatomy) aorta

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

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aorta c

  1. (anatomy) aorta
    Synonym: stora kroppspulsådern

Declension

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Declension of aorta 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative aorta aortan aortor aortorna
Genitive aortas aortans aortors aortornas

Uzbek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian ао́рта (aórta), from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

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aorta (plural aortalar)

  1. (anatomy) aorta

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Declension of aorta
singular plural
nominative aorta aortalar
genitive aortaning aortalarning
dative aortaga aortalarga
definite accusative aortani aortalarni
locative aortada aortalarda
ablative aortadan aortalardan
Possessive forms of aorta
my singular plural
nominative aortam aortalarim
genitive aortamning aortalarimning
dative aortamga aortalarimga
definite accusative aortamni aortalarimni
locative aortamda aortalarimda
ablative aortamdan aortalarimdan
your singular plural
nominative aortang aortalaring
genitive aortangning aortalaringning
dative aortangga aortalaringga
definite accusative aortangni aortalaringni
locative aortangda aortalaringda
ablative aortangdan aortalaringdan
her/his/its singular plural
nominative aortasi aortalari
genitive aortasining aortalarining
dative aortasiga aortalariga
definite accusative aortasini aortalarini
locative aortasida aortalarida
ablative aortasidan aortalaridan
our singular plural
nominative aortamiz aortalarimiz
genitive aortamizning aortalarimizning
dative aortamizga aortalarimizga
definite accusative aortamizni aortalarimizni
locative aortamizda aortalarimizda
ablative aortamizdan aortalarimizdan
your singular plural
nominative aortangiz aortalaringiz
genitive aortangizning aortalaringizning
dative aortangizga aortalaringizga
definite accusative aortangizni aortalaringizni
locative aortangizda aortalaringizda
ablative aortangizdan aortalaringizdan
their singular plural
nominative aortasi aortalari
genitive aortasining aortalarining
dative aortasiga aortalariga
definite accusative aortasini aortalarini
locative aortasida aortalarida
ablative aortasidan aortalaridan
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